Wednesday, July 21, 2010

When I’m mad at the Internet for being a shill for Rick Ross, Inc., I turn to my greatest muse—the records of apt. 15.

Name: Skyy, Skyway. (Salsoul, 1980)

Is this OK? Yes. Skyy vodka is bad (Belve, strictly Belve for this lady when Lloyd Banks and I get bottle service), but Skyy is a pretty fresh name for a band and I'm surprised it wasn't already taken. Still, I'm a little mad they didn't name the album Skyyway. How bout some consistency, please.

Best YouTube comment: “Turn 'em 'round an' kick 'em in the ass.....youngsters just don't know!!” (re: old music being better than new music. And NO, I didn't write it but it really sounds like something I would).

What pictures of myself posing in this outfit has to do with the record is, really, nothing and that's that. But darling, life is performance. You are straight bugging if you pretend otherwise.

Other notable things about today:

- That Merle Haggard special was on PBS. What’s this about Merle being in the audience during Johnny Cash’s San Quentin shows (not the celebrated ones of '69 - Merle was there for the 1958 shows) and why was I not alerted to this fact earlier. This is not as much a question as it is a statement--an indignant and annoyed statement. The LA Times writeup mentions that the special leaves out a lot about the “Bakersfield sound,” which my noble and goodhearted father tried to teach me about when I was a surly teenager and that I only appreciated years later. I could be kind of a jerk when I was 14. I returned to him solemn and humbled as a grown-up, my head hanging low. Anyway, electric guitar innovations were happening at the same time that the sound was emerging, thanks to Leo (Clarence Leonidas) Fender. Of course, this leads a girl to wonder who designed that curvy Fender logo that all the post-1966 models have. Have the report on my desk Monday morning. No excuses.

- Back in Black turned 30! I’ll give you black sensations up and down your spine. If you're into evil you're a friend of mine. (Also, if you enjoy going to get overpriced coffee and talking about Merle Haggard! Let's hang out.)

- “Cassini Sees Moon Building Giant Snowballs in Saturn Ring.” - Science Daily. Mind blown in front of laptop today. Oh how I do love science. There's no way I can try to rework this report into humanspeak, so a direct quote is in order:

“New images from Cassini show icy particles in Saturn's F ring clumping into giant snowballs as the moon Prometheus makes multiple swings by the ring.”

This concept mixtape is coming. It's coming, people. It's called F Ring Clumping, but when it leaks a month early the kids commenting at NahRight get it wrong and think its name is Multiple Swings By the Ring. No matter. It's hosted by Sun Ra and Captain Beefheart. Liner notes by Kool Keith (they have those for mixtapes now).

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Caramel complected/body like heaven (ummm no). Your favorite nerdy bikini-clad sarcasm peddler.
Tomboyish tendencies in a girly package.
Music nerd making my way in the world. The more emotion I put into it/the harder I rock.
I bow at the altar of Phil Spector, Rick Rubin, and Large Pro.
I find that I can amuse myself to no end. I got front & back, and side to side. I am a real person and NOT viral marketing for Stones Throw. I also have a government job so please don't tell too many people I'm in my bathing suit on the Internet.
Nothin else to tell, really.